The moment the box was opened, everyone was shocked. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info saw a huge head of an unknown animal lying horizontally in the wooden box. It looks like a fish, but it's different from ordinary fish. The fish's head was pointed and huge, more than a man tall, and the eyes without eyelids as long as the length of their arms and the size of a basin protruded outward, as if they were glaring at the crowd, and it was terrifying!

"Hehe, today Yiren Firm opened for January, and someone sent such a treasure. If it's just me waiting to eat, I'll regret it a little. I thought it would be better to invite a few shopkeepers to come and have a good time together, so that we could get to know each other. In the future, they will all make a living in Quanzhou, and everyone will make friends. Xia Hongsheng said with a smile.

"Eat?" The shopkeeper Zhao of Xianghe Firm was suddenly taken aback, opened his mouth wide, and looked at Xia Hongsheng in surprise.

"How can you eat this?!" Lin Daoquan looked very dissatisfied: "Prince Wang, isn't this your subordinate deliberately arranging us?" ”

"This thing looks so scary, how can it be edible?! It's hoodoo that's more like it! Cai Jindou, the shopkeeper of Tongshun Firm, asked in surprise, then looked at Li Chengqian and asked, "Prince Wang, I'm afraid this is a joke, right?" ”

Xia Hongsheng laughed and said, "You don't know. It's not a monster, it's not scary. Although it is a little big and a little scary, it is not a bad thing. Oh, this thing is a big fish in the sea, called whale. ”

"Whales?" Shopkeeper Zhao of Xianghe Business looked at the fish head, seemed to be startled again, and quickly turned his head again: "There is such a big fish? ”

"Hehe, have you ever heard of Kun?" Xia Hongsheng knew that this thing appeared here, and someone must have known that the boatmen would be here if they made money today, so he deliberately brought it over to intimidate the Yiren Merchant and scare the shipwrights of the Firm, so he began to make up: "There is a cloud in Zhuangzi's "Getaway": there is a fish in the North Underworld, and its name is Kun. The Kun is so big that I don't know how many thousands of miles it is. Turned into a bird, its name is Peng. Peng's back, I don't know how many thousands of miles it is, flies angrily, and its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky. ”

Xia Hongsheng said with a smile: "This whale is a close relative of Kun, but it is not as big as Kun, and it can't turn into a bird and fly into the sky." But in the end, it is also a relative of the divine fish, a little bit of relatives with a little deceased, the meat is extremely delicious, after eating, I dare not say that it will prolong life, but it can also strengthen the body. Whales are difficult to catch due to their huge size. Today, I am fortunate enough to have this thing, and my Yiren firm should set up a banquet with this object to entertain the three shopkeepers. You can also let the boatmen of my firm drink some soup and taste fresh. ”

Li Chengqian has 100% trust in Xia Hongsheng, and when he heard Xia Hongsheng say this, he immediately understood and said with a smile: "I see!" Brother Xia is really knowledgeable! Hahahaha, I am fortunate to have this thing today, come, carry it into the kitchen, cut the flesh of this thing, cook it carefully, and set it up for a feast! The rest of the meat and bones were boiled and set up in Zhuo Field, and this son wanted to invite all the shipwrights of the Yiren Firm to eat together! ”

"Hahahaha, Brother Wang, slow down!" Xia Hongsheng said with a smile: "Where have you seen this thing in the back kitchen, and how can you cook this rare ingredient?" Waste of good stuff in vain! Watch me cook today! Just teach the kitchen to help me! ”

Li Chengqian's eyes lit up, and he suddenly said happily: "Oops! That's great! Hahahaha, a few shopkeepers don't know, Brother Xia's cooking skills are superb, it is difficult for anyone to match! It's the cook in Tongchun Building, I'm afraid it's not as good as Brother Xia! A few shopkeepers, we have a good day today! ”

Seeing Xia Hongsheng say this so firmly, the fear of the surrounding boatmen for this huge strange fish head gradually disappeared. People have a fear of the unknown, but if someone knows where it comes from, it's not so scary anymore.

When he heard that Li Chengqian was going to let them eat this thing, he suddenly became excited again.

Just then I can say that this fish head is a relative of the divine fish Kun, and eating it can strengthen the body! The son of the owner is really a kind person, and his relatives who eat this divine fish don't forget to let us drink some soup too. This is no ordinary fish! We, the hard laborers on the ship, can actually eat the same thing as the host?! Such a rare and good ingredient can even be given to us?!

It's a blessing to be with such a host!

For a while, the backyard of the Yiren Firm was bustling with activity, and the boatmen scrambled to carry the wooden box into the back kitchen.

Li Chengqian looked at the three of them with a smile, and asked again: "Three shopkeepers, please!" ”

"Hahahaha, this thing is a novelty! Good! Since this is the case, Cai has a lot of trouble! Cai Jindou also smiled.

"Humph! Who knows what this strange thing is, and he doesn't dare to eat it. Lin Daoquan snorted, and immediately turned around and brushed his sleeves away.

"This ......" Shopkeeper Zhao looked at Lin Daoquan who was leaving with his sleeves away, and then looked at Cai Jindou.

Cai Jindou grabbed Zhao Yutian and said with a smile: "Hahaha, shopkeeper Zhao, those of us who eat sea rice have never eaten this kind of big fish, so we just tasted it today, why not?" Wouldn't it be beautiful for Zhao to stay and drink with Cai? ”

Although it was an inviting tone, Cai Jindou's hand firmly grasped Zhao Yutian's arm, and he had a forced posture.

"This, good, good!" Zhao Yutian seemed to be a little afraid of Cai Jindou, and nodded repeatedly.

Li Chengqian invited Cai and Zhao into the hall and sat down, and let people bring tea. Xia Hongsheng went to the back kitchen. Among the goods sent by Alhan from Chang'an were a large number of spices. These spices are not for sale. Instead, Xia Hongsheng wanted to stay in Quanzhou and Ryukyu.

This is where it comes in handy. The cooks in the back kitchen unloaded the fish head, and Xia Hongsheng personally went into battle, fried and steamed, and served it to the table with all the color and fragrance.

Even the boatmen who went to collect the money each drank a large bowl of braised fish soup.

Where did Cai Jindou and Zhao Yutian taste Xia Hongsheng's craftsmanship, they were amazed at the dinner table, and they couldn't stop admiring, and after they were full of wine and food, the two left Yiren Firm.

After he left, Xia Hongsheng called Li Chengqian and Shen Rong before talking about today's events together.

"Brother Sheng, you still have the ability. This ill-intentioned thing, called you a craft, but it has become a delicacy in your mouth! Haha, I really want to see what the person who secretly gave the head of the strange fish is a very good expression! Li Chengqian laughed.

"Childe, we obviously didn't send out an invitation, could it be that the three firms teamed up to make a stumbling block for us, knowing that we were making money today, and the boatmen were all there, so they deliberately made trouble? The three of them came to see the joke! Shen Rong guessed.

Xia Hongsheng nodded and said with a smile: "Hehe, it's just a small skill of carving insects, and you dare to get an axe?" I said that I sent an invitation to invite them to eat this fish head, and it was for the person who put the fish head in front of our business. It was to let him know that his tricks were useless in front of me. However, these three businesses are not really here to see the joke today. ”

"Oh? How so? Li Chengqian asked.

"Someone should have impersonated their names and sent invitations to the three of them in the name of a firm." Xia Hongsheng said: "If these three firms are really just merchants, then this thing can't be caught by their merchant ships." Those who have the ability to round up whales, except for the Tang Sailors on Ryukyu Island, are the only pirates in this territory. (To be continued.) )